It’s Friday Guys – My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday!
Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born.
I started participating in October 2010 and have found, that 3-years on, the amount of food I waste is minimal. In fact every Friday, as part of my No Waste Tastes Great routine, I account (and devise a plan) for all my potential food waste as well as confessing to any items that I failed to save.
Kristen has kindly asked me to host Food Waste Friday, alternate weeks (when she doesn’t post herself), and her initial invite for everyone to join in is cordially extended here!
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Last Friday’s post was my No Waste Tastes Great routine 2014.
The new year seemed a perfect opportunity to outline my quest for zero-waste once more.
But it was a general explanation.
This Friday it’s my turn to host Food Waste Friday on behalf of The Frugal Girl, and I thought it’d be useful to go through the mechanics, so to speak.
How I do Food Waste Friday here, at Chez Wright. Specifically.
I cleaned my Fridge, removing all items, and popped everything edible back in.
The fridge clean included an inventory. (There was also a quick inventory of condiments and store-cupboard ingredients).
Top shelf holds spreads, cheeses and yoghurt.
There are also 3 peppers, which although the date on the packet would suggest otherwise, they are fresh and firm. They’re headed for a slow-cooked curry tonight. That’s my No Waste Tastes Great dish for dinner. I have curry paste and chopped tomatoes in the cupboard. When I do my grocery shop I’ll pick up some turkey breast to fill out the crockpot.
On the counter remain the items that I am unsure about.
Brandy cream with a use-by date of 6 Jan, leftover from Christmas day, and some very floppy parsnips – also remnants of the Christmas day dinner.
The parsnips aren’t beyond saving. They’ll be peeled diced and boiled up into a parsnip and apple soup. This will feature in the Hubby’s packed lunches next week.
But the cream…I’m not sure. My rational side is saying that it hasn’t been opened and is only 4 days over. My irrational side is screaming – BACTERIA!
This Friday there’s a potential food waste casualty, a save, a No Waste Tastes Great dish and a clean fridge. Meal planning is next on the agenda.
This meal plan, along with the info I received at the house meeting regarding next week’s lunch requirements, allows me to draw up a grocery list.
I like to map it out, and categorize my groceries.
That’s how I do it.
How do you?
As always I’ll leave the last word to Kristen…
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If it were me, I’d say the cream will be good, since it’s not opened. If you peel the lid back and it smells fine and tastes fine, I’d say it is fine!
Yep we have our sense of smell for a reason 😉
If it were me, I’d say the cream will be good, since it’s not opened. If you peel the lid back and it smells fine and tastes fine, I’d say it is fine!
Yep we have our sense of smell for a reason 😉
If the sour cream hasn’t been opened, it should be fine. Sour cream is one of those things that you can tell is going bad when it starts growing mold. However, I firmly believe in, “when in doubt, throw it out.” Do what you’re comfortable with.
We had a good week as far as waste goes, none! We also had a good week for cooking at home. I’m hoping we can ride this wave into next week.
Yay for a good waste week!
If the sour cream hasn’t been opened, it should be fine. Sour cream is one of those things that you can tell is going bad when it starts growing mold. However, I firmly believe in, “when in doubt, throw it out.” Do what you’re comfortable with.
We had a good week as far as waste goes, none! We also had a good week for cooking at home. I’m hoping we can ride this wave into next week.
Yay for a good waste week!
None this week. Not sure how that happened, since I got sick. Maybe – memory fades – I got sick before it was time to grocery shop.
I strongly suspect that the cream is still good. Once you decide what to use it in, open it and use your sense and your senses.
Hope you’re feeling better now? Yep reckon the cream will be okay. Guess I’ll be topping my muesli with it over the weekend…
None this week. Not sure how that happened, since I got sick. Maybe – memory fades – I got sick before it was time to grocery shop.
I strongly suspect that the cream is still good. Once you decide what to use it in, open it and use your sense and your senses.
Hope you’re feeling better now? Yep reckon the cream will be okay. Guess I’ll be topping my muesli with it over the weekend…
Can you enlighten me on what exactly brandy cream is?
It’s what we Brits top our Xmas pud and mince pies with. Basically cream flavoured with brandy. Not that versatile! However I have been known to mix it with my muesli to use it up… When I’m not driving 😉 pretty sure it does actually have brandy in it…
Can you enlighten me on what exactly brandy cream is?
It’s what we Brits top our Xmas pud and mince pies with. Basically cream flavoured with brandy. Not that versatile! However I have been known to mix it with my muesli to use it up… When I’m not driving 😉 pretty sure it does actually have brandy in it…
Getting back into FWFs and we had a good bit to toss.
http://lynthelazy.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/food-waste-friday-37
Good going at getting back into FWF!
Getting back into FWFs and we had a good bit to toss.
http://lynthelazy.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/food-waste-friday-37
Good going at getting back into FWF!
This week I had a little cooked rice and a few mushrooms that I had to dispose of. 🙁
The menu plan for next week is:
Fri – pizza night
Sat – poultry
Sun – sg with mince beef
Mon – leftovers
Tue – poultry
Wed – lamb’s liver
Thur – poultry
I must tell you our biggest change as regards our diet. The kids (just turned 10 and 7) decided back at the start of school, that they want to give up all chocholate, ice-cream and sweets in general for the scool year. (they asked for money as a reward, but that is another matter 🙂 ) They have a few days of exception. (birthdays, Halloween and Christmas) So far they have been proudly keepeng off from sweets (even on playdates and on tehir friends’ birthdayparties) and I am unbelievably proud of them! The two of them also asked if they can get only soup or warm food and fruit for their school-lunch instead of sandwithes. So in our house it is the kids who made the family stop eating sweets and bread. 🙂
Gosh Laura – that’s amazing! Long may it last! 🙂
This week I had a little cooked rice and a few mushrooms that I had to dispose of. 🙁
The menu plan for next week is:
Fri – pizza night
Sat – poultry
Sun – sg with mince beef
Mon – leftovers
Tue – poultry
Wed – lamb’s liver
Thur – poultry
I must tell you our biggest change as regards our diet. The kids (just turned 10 and 7) decided back at the start of school, that they want to give up all chocholate, ice-cream and sweets in general for the scool year. (they asked for money as a reward, but that is another matter 🙂 ) They have a few days of exception. (birthdays, Halloween and Christmas) So far they have been proudly keepeng off from sweets (even on playdates and on tehir friends’ birthdayparties) and I am unbelievably proud of them! The two of them also asked if they can get only soup or warm food and fruit for their school-lunch instead of sandwithes. So in our house it is the kids who made the family stop eating sweets and bread. 🙂
Gosh Laura – that’s amazing! Long may it last! 🙂
I also would give the brandy cream a chance… especially as it’s still unopened; as long as it smells fine, I personally would use it! Pasteurization makes things unlikely to spoil quickly if they’ve never been opened, I believe… The pasteurized organic milk that I buy has an extremely long life before opening.
I don’t participate in FWF per se, but my fridge is getting so sparse and I’m so proud of myself! Husband thinks differently since he grew up with a very different mindset but that’s okay; the kitchen is my domain! Also I have some delicious meals on the menu plan, which will finish up the rest of what is left in our basement freezer… never made oxtail stew but we got an oxtail in our last order of beef, and now I have to be brave and try making something I’m completely unfamiliar with!
You’re probably right about the cream. It had a long use by date on it went I purchased it. Surely a few days won’t make a huge difference?
Well done in the fridge! Sounds like you are going great guns 🙂
I also would give the brandy cream a chance… especially as it’s still unopened; as long as it smells fine, I personally would use it! Pasteurization makes things unlikely to spoil quickly if they’ve never been opened, I believe… The pasteurized organic milk that I buy has an extremely long life before opening.
I don’t participate in FWF per se, but my fridge is getting so sparse and I’m so proud of myself! Husband thinks differently since he grew up with a very different mindset but that’s okay; the kitchen is my domain! Also I have some delicious meals on the menu plan, which will finish up the rest of what is left in our basement freezer… never made oxtail stew but we got an oxtail in our last order of beef, and now I have to be brave and try making something I’m completely unfamiliar with!
You’re probably right about the cream. It had a long use by date on it went I purchased it. Surely a few days won’t make a huge difference?
Well done in the fridge! Sounds like you are going great guns 🙂